I’m 18 years old now, and I got my eating disorder when was about 13 years. The biggest divide that has caused me to hold on to my eating disorder for longer than I should
have “was” that my sisters didn’t treat me like a sister when
I was in it. They mocked me for it, called me out on it - made my life a living nightmare. So, to spite them (although it was only myself getting hurt) I held on to it longer - knowing that it bothered them that I had it.

I would not support what your sister is doing - its harmful and counter productive in many many ways. However I would not make it “huge” - your sister is still your sister (remember that!) she doesn’t become a different person when she has an eating disorder (nor is she a different person when she loses it.) While eating disorders are dangerous diseases you need to treat them like phases (ignore them, but not too much). If you blow it out of proportion things only get worse.

I know that I eat better when my family isn’t down my neck and/or I’m more inclined to do so naturally. However, I know that when my family is angry - I have a tendency to under-eat, your sister or others may have different responses. If you can train the person to react differently to a common trigger situation (my family’s anger) then you can change the resulting behavior. Or if you can change the trigger than the behavior will change (my family never get’s angry = my ability to eat regularly.) Remember that these things have to do with emotions - not weight or numbers (although as ED people we tend to mark them up to be). If the emotions change - ultimately the idea driving the eating disorder will as well.

If you are concerned over “the numbers” because they’re reaching unsafe levels (loss of period, obesity, etc.) That’s when you need to contact a doctor - I would suggest first off a medical, and a nutrition examination. Normally they suggest that on the first sight of an “eating disorder” therapy is recommended. I think that with nutritional couciling from a Dietitian (not just a nutritionist) aware of your concerns may be able to either assist the patient or point you in the proper direction for care.

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if you are looking for ThinInpiration - then you don’t have anorexia and you should stop looking. Anorexia is a mental disease that doesn’t result from looking a pictures of “attractive” women. To think that you can program yourself to be anorexic is impossible - can you program yourself to get phenomena? No! Sure you can lower your immune system - just like you can develop anorexic habits - but that doesn’t mean that your sick or that your anorexic.

It pisses me off for people to say “I wish I was anorexic.” Why? Because you want to be a picture! To mock your friend, to develop self-reliance, to be beautiful, to catch the boy’s eyes, to beat your sisters, to get attention. These things don’t require 2-figures, 18-19 BMI’s, size 0’s, plastic surgery, or any of that nonsense! If you feel like they do than you’ll never get any man or revenge that your after. After 5 years with an eating disorder I have realized this! And for those with ED’s who want them - I’ll say this: I wasn’t a failure at ED (it landed me in the hospital only 2 times!) and I’m small because of it. Yet, it’s not worth it and it’s not healthy! I’m 126 lbs with a 20% body fat percentage and I’m 5′3″ people think I’m 110. I’ve been 130lbs then 95lbs with

It seems to me that you’re supporting your sister despite the fact that you don’t suffer from an eating disorder, and regardless of whether you do or don’t doesn’t matter, because support is what ‘ana/mia’ is about, and you’ve become apart of it. There’s no such thing as ‘the people’ ana and mia are just people, and there’s no committee or direct ‘group’ to blame, it’s not like a religion were you have the worshipers and the preachers and the gods, they’re all one, and you’re seemingly supporting your sisters illness. Actually from the point of view that ‘ana and mia’ is ‘bad’ and you can’t just become eating disordered and you shouldn’t support it, it seems just a tad twisted that you sit by your thirteen year old sisters side daily as she starves herself and forces herself to vomit up whatever food she has managed to keep down that day. If you’re so against ana and mia, then for the sake of your sister and standing up for yourself and not coming across as a hypocritical idiot, would you not get your sister some help, before she dies. You’re either apart of the problem or the solution…you’re not the good guys…

dont let someone telly ou that you are fat! because if you are happy then good and you should not listen to every body else! your beautyful on the inside aned the heart is what counts!dont let anyone tell you differently!
it can kill you!!!!!!!!!!!

Anorexia isn’t a choice.